Xia Yan looked up and saw his face through the lamp and candle, and the eyes on that face that didn't know where to go.

"Are there any other satisfactory candidates?" said Song Ke again.

"There are a couple of them — not quite right. Xia Yan said, "Tell me what you think first." ”

"Since we all can't be sure of 'believe it or not', it's better to find something satisfactory than to look for something unsatisfactory. ”

Xia Yan smiled, "You are in favor of going to find the 'Eating Moon'." ”

"I can't say yes, but if it were me, I would rather appreciate the 'Eating Moon'. Song Ke said, "Even if they are loyal to Mas, at least it proves that 'Eating the Moon' is not a wavering person, isn't it better than those who pretend to be obedient for various reasons?"

"Hey, Ake, you're — seems to be saying I'm not. Lou Qianshan scolded with a smile, "Aren't I what you said - pretend to be subordinate to him?"

Song Ke's tense face relaxed slightly, as if he was smiling, "So you're not suitable." Because Jun Li is afraid and doesn't know, when you turn around, you won't be his person. ”

After a pause, "I'm not saying that I'm pretty sure that we can talk about 'Eclipse the Moon' right now, but I think we can talk about it, and if he refuses, we won't lose anything." ”

Xia Yan threw the booklet on the table and leaned back, the lamp and candle only illuminated the lower half of his face, making him look gloomy. The three of them knew that he was thinking about it, and they didn't say anything until he leaned forward again, "Brother Ran, what do you say?"

Song Ran said: "I've already said my worries - most of the 'Eating Moons' refuse to respond. But what Ark said also has a point. There is no good thing in this world that is easy to obtain, and what is too easy to follow may not be really valuable. If there is really a way to impress the team leader, then the 'Eating Moon' will be thirty people, and it is better to be stronger than looking for any one person alone. ”

"Even if you are looking for a master, most of you have to collect your own people, one takes time, and the other increases variables, which is not what you and I want. Xia Yan said, "In this way, find the leader of the 'Eating Moon' team first, and I will meet him to find out what kind of person he is." And a few more, you also visited my whereabouts - I marked them in the booklet. March is the limit - if you really can't get these people, then think about other things. ”

Song Ran responded, accepted the booklet, and Xia Yan stood up and said, "By the way, I only walked to the back hall - I didn't go any further." There is a small building behind it, it was originally a scripture building, and some scriptures were not taken away, and I put some black bamboo records brought out from the inner city there, and in the future, someone will take care of it - just like Qian Lao guarding the gold medal wall. When the time comes, you can come and see. ”

The three of them also stood up and exited the study one after another. Xia Yan waited to blow out the candle flame, and suddenly became stunned, "I almost forgot again." This time, he was finally able to take out the black jade wrench, "Does Brother Ran recognize this?"

Song Ran turned his head from the door, the shaky shadow hit the pitch-black object, and a moment of surprise flashed through his eyes. "The Black Jade Key!" he almost blurted out, almost getting angry as he stepped forward, "where did you find that?"

"What is it?" Xia Yan frowned.

Song Ran was silent, and he took out something in his hand at some point, the same black jade glossy texture, the same inexplicable complex dark pattern carving, except for the one in his hand - it was the shape of a pen. He reached out and took the wrench finger in Xia Yan's palm, easily put it on the body of the pen, and turned left and right along the lines—but after a few clicks, the two were integrated into one, and they were actually tightly fitted.

"Sure enough, it's ......" Song Ranqiang lowered his voice, "Childe must remember that we talked about this that day - to open the box of Heizhu's past records, it is necessary for the leader of Heizhu and Zhilu to have a key in their hands and lock it together, but for so many years, only the half in Zhilu's hand is still there, so the box has not been opened." ”

Xia Yan had an epiphany, "You said that this wrench is half of the key to open the box?"

"Yes, my 'Black Jade Pen 'is the half of the record, and it is combined with the 'Black Jade Yi Finger', called the Key of Black Jade, which should be able to be opened now. Song Ran said and twisted the wrench down with skillful lines, "The box is in my western suburbs, and they just moved from Chenzhou this time." Now that I have the key, whenever I want to check the old things in the future, I will come to me with this wrench. ”

"And such coincidences. Lou Qianshan muttered at the door, "The black jade wrench fingers have been lost for more than ten years." ”

"Coincidental or not, or providential. Song Ran said, "The pen is the image of 'holding the pen and recording', but the record is hidden in the shadows, this is a few people have seen; it is not as good as the wrench is the leader's expedition, the rivers and lakes of the year, which does not recognize the 'black bamboo finger'? It is a pity that more than ten years ago, Heizhu was in internal and external difficulties, and there was a chaos, and the rivers and lakes all knew about it, and then the wrench was never seen again, and the people in the rivers and lakes, unless they were particularly unacquainted, no one deliberately mentioned this stubble, and they were not happy to look for the prince or Zhang Gongchang in person. The meeting gradually stopped mentioning it, and those who came after that accident didn't know about it. Only Zhilu knew that this thing was actually half of the key of the black bamboo, and it was gone, but it was not just a symbol that had disappeared. ”

"That's my luck. Xia Yan smiled, "In this case, I'll hide it first, no one will know it anyway, and there is no need to wear it to show off." Just a key. ”

"To wear it or not to wear it is up to you. Song Ran said, "But according to me, Heizhu will eventually need this symbol, and the reappearance of the black jade finger is a great opportunity, why don't you re-spread the matter of the wrench in the meeting, so that people can know about it." When a new master is found, many changes in the black bamboo will be settled, and a new rudder will be completed - at that time, you will always call a black bamboo conference and show this wrench well. People like to see those signs of Lexin, and at that time, I am afraid that no one will dare to say - who has relied on the support of someone to get to where you are today, and no one can easily shake your position. ”

Xia Yan thought deeply this time, and nodded, "Okay." He inexplicably felt that this time his marriage to the thorn would not be successful, and the next time he would have to make it bigger to win it back, so if there was any way to raise his value and make it lively, he would definitely accept it. - Song Ranruo knew that when he heard the "Summoning a Black Bamboo Conference", he was thinking about this "conference", and he was afraid that he would vomit a mouthful of blood.

This side talked for a long time, and the three of them, Shen Fengming and the other three of them, also waited for a long time. At first, he sat at the wine table, but now Shen Fengming didn't care about talking to Mrs. Song - even if he didn't say a word on the side, okra was like a dark cloud pressing down, and he only felt that if there was a delay for a moment, this thunderbolt would probably be split.

"Don't be angry, okay?" he didn't care about Mrs. Song watching from the side, and reached out to put his hand around Okra's shoulders, with the usual flattery on his face, "It's me who annoyed you—you must not be like me." ”

Okra ignored him, moved his shoulders and didn't break free, so he simply stood up and hid in the corner of the house. She didn't know if Mrs. Song's statement that she "had a disease in her ears" was true or not, even if it was true, whether she really couldn't hear it at all. Regardless of whether she knew Shen Fengming or not, she didn't want Shen Fengming to listen to her boring words.

Shen Fengming also followed to the corner of the house and squeezed to her side, "okra", "sunflower" and "good sunflower" couldn't stop coaxing one after another, and the okra listened so uncomfortably. She became more and more annoyed, and pushed him, "Don't come to me to play tricks, go to other people's tricks." ”

"I'm only playing with you. Shen Fengming just glued it.

"Yes. Okra looked at him coldly, "Then you just pestered others to ask what rude words?"

"I ......" Shen Fengming actually showed a look of embarrassment. "I just felt like an old acquaintance, and I ...... for a while"

"Since it's old knowledge. Okra became more and more cold, "Song Ran is not here at this time, you don't take this opportunity to talk to people, what are you still doing here?"

"Okra. Shen Fengming pulled her into his arms hard, "You believe me, I really don't mean what you think." ”

He seemed to be a little serious in his words, Okra glanced at him unconsciously, but she mistakenly saw Mrs. Song between the wine table behind him, and she refused to give up, "Why should I believe you? It's not the first time you've been like this—you have a lot of old knowledge, how do I know what you mean?"

Shen Fengming saw her pair of angry cheeks, obviously it was early winter, but it was as white as a lotus blooming in a hot day in June, and she was even waiting to have a seizure. He wanted to struggle and hesitate a little longer, but in the end he could only close his eyes, lean into her ear, and whispered a word.

Okra was slightly stunned, and the words were just about to roll out of her throat, but she was suddenly pushed back into her internal organs, and she couldn't save her mind for a while, and her eyes flickered, as if to confirm a sentence: "Really?"

Shen Fengming leaned into her ear, "Really." Don't tell anyone. ”

Okra was speechless now, and the red on her face faded suddenly. The two of them muttered in the corner for a long time before Okra turned her gaze back to Mrs. Song, who was sitting alone.

Mrs. Song is very well educated, even if she is so neglected by her master, she has no temper, she sits alone, and never moves. Okra glanced at her, retracted her gaze, and Shen Fengming said, "Is it deflated at this time?"

"I ......" Okra was a little speechless for a while, "I'm not angry with you, I'm just ......"

But he couldn't find any words. Shen Fengming smiled, "Don't be angry, I'll give you something." As if he were playing a trick, he didn't see how to do it, so he pulled out a very small paper bag from his sleeve, "Guess what." ”

Where was okra happy to guess with him, so he snatched the paper bag from his hand, opened it and saw that the head of the bag was a piece of caramel candy, and he was not happy and angry, "You treat me as a child?

Shen Fengming waved his sleeves and took a paper bag in his hand, "One piece is not enough? Seeing that okra was about to hit him, he couldn't help but laugh and said, "Okay, I'll give you a good thing, and I'll make sure you won't be angry when you see it." You wait for me. ”

He didn't say what he was going to do, and he didn't wait for Okra to answer, but he went out like a gust of wind.